Britain, Soviet Russia and the Collapse of the Versailles Order, - 1919 193

Informationen zum Autor Keith Neilson is Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada, Ontario. His previous publications include Britain and the Last Tsar. The Russian Factor in British Policy, 1894–1917 (1995) and, with Zara Steiner, Britain and the Origins of the First World War (2003). Klappentext A major re-interpretation of international relations in the period from 1919 to 1939! one that treats the standard explanation for the failure to prevent the Second World War - the appeasement of Germany and Japan by guilty men - as simplistic. Instead! it argues that the new world order created in 1919 provided inadequate means - the League of Nations! arms control and public censure - to deal with the ideological threats of Communism! Nazism! fascism and Japanese expansionism. Zusammenfassung A major re-interpretation of international relations from Versailles to the outbreak of war in 1939. The book argues that the new world order created in 1919 provided inadequate means the League of Nations! arms control and public censure - to deal with the threats of Communism! Nazism! fascism and Japanese expansionism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The period of persuasion: British strategic foreign policy and Soviet Russia, 1919-33; 2. 1933-4: parallel interests?; 3. A clash of sensibilities: January to June 1935; 4. Complications and choices: July 1935-February 1936; 5. Soviet Russian assertiveness: February 1936-July 1937; 6. Chamberlain's interlude: May 1937-September 1938; 7. Chamberlain as Buridan's ass: October 1938-September 1939; Conclusion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Keith Neilson, Professor Keith Neilson
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.12.2005
• EAN: 9780521857130
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85713-0
• Pagine: 390
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, General and world history